Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #3

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Ukraine expects 9 humanitarian corridors to open on March 23. The corridors will evacuate people from besieged Mariupol and other cities in the Donetsk region, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and from the outskirts of Kyiv, according to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Kharkiv Oblast shelled 32 times overnight. 8 civilians were injured in Lozova, a city in Kharkiv Oblast, according to the governor of Kharkiv Oblast Oleh Synyehubov.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Russian invaders destroy Chernihiv bridge to Kyiv. The bridge was used to evacuate civilians from Chernihiv, located 130 kilometers northeast of Kyiv, and bring humanitarian aid to the city, which has no electricity and suffers from the shortage of supplies.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
UK intelligence: Russian troops trying to encircle Ukraine's forces in eastern Ukraine. To do that, Russians are advancing from Kharkiv in the north and Mariupol in the south, according to a March 23 report by the British Defense Ministry.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Akhmetov: Mariupol's metal plants won't work under Russian occupation. Ukraine’s richest oligarch told the Wall Street Journal that his Azovstal and Ilyich plants, now closed, would not operate if Mariupol gets occupied. Together they employ 40,000 people.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Bucha City Council: Ukraine's military surround the towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel near Kyiv. It means that the Russian troops north-west of Kyiv are now encircled.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Russia uses white phosphorus bombs in Hostomel and Irpin. Russian forces targeted Kyiv’ suburbs with phosphorus bombs on the night of March 22, according to Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushin. The use of such weapons against civilians is banned by the Geneva Conventions.

 

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter - Video, 5 hrs ago
Another use of banned phosphorous munition by the Russian occupiers was recorded in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Obl Video Reported by Deputy Chief of the Kyiv Patrol Police Oleksiy Biloshytskyi on 22 March
Чергове застосування фосфорних... - Олексій Білошицький | Facebook

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Russia is preparing to block Russians from leaving occupied Crimea According to Ukrainian Intel, Russian Nat'l Guard prepares to block Kerch bridge, ferry & air connection Since 24 Feb, panic is rising in Crimea, Russian military, occupation administrations try to leave https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=276571667987594&id=100069042885845

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Russia is looking for new ways of involving Belarusians in the war against Ukraine: offering a $1000-1500 monthly reward for conducting "special tasks" and preferential training in Russian military universities - Ukrainian intelligence https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=276594251318669&id=100069042885845

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Advisor to Ukrainian President tells Ukraine's partners what Ukraine needs:
1) modern air defense, if you can't close the sky
2) offensive weapons - cruise missiles/shells for heavy rockets
3) tough oil embargo
4) closed ports for all Russian ships

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 10 min ago
In late evening of 22 March, Russia shelled NW outskirts of Kyiv (Hostomel-Irpin area) with banned phosphorous munitions, Irpin mayor Oleksandr Markushyn reported. Geneva Conventions ban use of phosphorous munitions against civilians https://t.me/markushyn/2049?single… PHOTO CREDIT: Oleh Hryb, ITV

 

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NEXTA on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Colonel Alexei Sharov, commander of the 810th Marine Brigade of the #Russian Army, was killed near #Mariupol.

NEXTA on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Journalist Roman #Tsimbalyuk reported that a #Russian serviceman ran over his commander with a tank, who sent his comrades-in-arms to their certain death. Now the run over colonel is being treated in a #Belarusian hospital.

NEXTA on Twitter
Businessman Vasily Melnikov, owner of the Medstom company, was murdered together with his family in #NizhnyNovgorod. The businessman, his wife and two minor children were stabbed to death in their own home. An investigation is underway. A contract killing is not ruled out.

NEXTA on Twitter - 2 hrs ago, video
In the center of #Moscow, an unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail at the #Kremlin wall.

NEXTA on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
#Russian Foreign Ministry reports that #Moscow and #Kyiv conducted two prisoner exchanges.

NEXTA on Twitter - 1 hr ago
#Ukraine refutes the report of the #Russian Foreign Ministry about the exchange of prisoners.

 

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‘Press conference ahead of tomorrow's extraordinary Summit of #NATO Heads of State and Government #NATOSummit’
https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1506614785806323723

https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/audio/2022/3/audio/220323a.mp3

 

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March 23 2022
Chernobyl: Russia destroys radiation monitoring lab, says Ukraine - CNN
''(CNN)Russian forces have looted and destroyed a laboratory near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was used to monitor radioactive waste, the Ukrainian government said Wednesday.

The site of the world's worst nuclear disaster fell into Russian hands in the first week of Russia's invasion, triggering fears that safety standards inside the exclusion zone could be compromised.''

A satellite image of the power plant on March 10.

''According to a Ukrainian government agency, the laboratory was part of a European Union-funded attempt to improve radioactive waste management -- through on-site analysis of waste samples, as well as the packaging used to dispose of waste.

The government agency also reported that samples of radionuclides -- unstable atoms that can emit high levels of radiation -- had been removed from the lab. It said it hoped Russia would use the samples to "harm itself, and not the civilized world."

It is the latest scare at the infamous site in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. On Tuesday, Ukraine's government warned of several fires close to the plant, which it said had probably been triggered by Russian artillery or arson.''

 

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Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand 47m
The first deliveries of the US' $800 million in new military aid to Ukraine have started to arrive in country, per an official. Once fully delivered, the aid package will include 800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems and 100 armed drones. via
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CBS News @CBSNews 8m
Nestle will stop making brands including KitKat and Nesquik in Russia, amid public pressure to halt all business in the country.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest news: concern for trapped Chernihiv residents as Russians ‘bomb bridge’ – live | World news | The Guardian
''There are growing concerns about the situation in the encircled city of Chernihiv, north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

Ludmila Denisova, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, claimed that the population had effectively been turned into hostages by Russian forces who have cut off the main routes for humanitarian aid.

She said: “Today Chernihiv remains completely cut off from the capital. The occupiers bombed the bridge across the river Desna, through which transported humanitarian aid to the city and evacuated civilians.

“The city has no electricity, water, heat and almost no gas, infrastructure is destroyed. According to local residents, the occupiers are compiling lists of civilians for the ‘evacuation’ to Lgov [Kursk region of Russia]. The racists, cutting off Chernihiv from the capital, turned its inhabitants into hostages.”

"Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accused Russian forces of seizing a humanitarian convoy near Mangush west of Mariupol. “Employees of the state emergency service and bus drivers have been taken captive,” he said, adding that 100,000 people remained in the city living “in inhumane conditions. In a total blockade. Without food, water, medication. Under constant shelling, under constant bombing”.

 

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Illia Ponomarenko @IAPonomarenko 2h
80% of the Irpin urban territory has been taken back by Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent
Stoltenberg: NATO to supply Ukraine nuclear, chemical protection equipment. NATO Secretary General said the alliance will agree to provide Ukraine with “cyber security equipment” and supplies to “protect against chemical, biological, radiological & nuclear threats.”

KyivPost@KyivPost 25m
"The EU gave #Ukraine 1 billion euros for the armament," the Head of the European Council

Baerbock: further Strela missiles are on their way to Ukraine. According to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, the country will provide Ukraine with Strela surface-to-air missiles, after weeks of delivery delays.

 

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“ The detainee worked in the archives of Warsaw’s registry office,” he said. “The activity of the suspect posed a threat to both (the) internal and external security of Poland.”
Poland expels ’45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats’

 

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A Ukrainian city stands strong against Russia, at a terrible cost

Residents clear rubble from homes in Russian-hit Kyiv, Ukraine

Pentagon reports signs of Ukrainian forces 'going after' Russians • FRANCE 24 English

 

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NEXTA @nexta_tv 29m
#Germany intends to provide #Ukraine with 2,000 hand grenade launchers This was reported by the DPA agency, citing its own sources.

The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent 20m
1,143 buildings have been destroyed in Kharkiv since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russian forces destroyed 1,143 buildings in Ukraine’s second-biggest city, 998 of which are residential buildings.

 

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Ukraine war: Nato to send more troops to eastern Europe - BBC News
''Nato is set to approve big increases in the forces deployed on its eastern flank, its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said.

Mr Stoltenberg was speaking at a news conference on the eve of an emergency summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

He pledged more troops for Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania.

Nato will also agree more support for Ukraine, including greater protection against the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

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Nato countries set to give Ukraine kit to protect against nuclear and chemical attacks | Ukraine | The Guardian
''Secretary general says equipment would be ‘to protect against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats’''

Ukraine war: Canadian surrogate baby born in Kyiv rescued | CTV News

Eight-day-old baby Aari was safely rescued from Kyiv and taken to a clinic in western Ukraine last Thursday, where he met his parents for the first time. On Friday, Aari and his parents made it safely across the Polish border. (Project DYNAMO)

''With the help of Project DYNAMO, a U.S. based non-profit rescue organization, eight-day-old baby Aari was safely rescued from Kyiv and taken to a clinic in a Ukrainian city near the Polish border last Thursday, where he met his parents for the first time. DYNAMO says on Friday, Aari and his parents were escorted across the Polish border.''

 

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US formally declares Russian military has committed war crimes in Ukraine - CNNPolitics

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-defence-minister-vanishes-26536281
Vladimir Putin's defence minister 'vanishes with heart problems' as war stalls

 

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An oversight of Military equipment Russia vs Ukraine :

Russia largest arms supplier to Ukraine

"The Russian claim that the Ukrainian air force had already been knocked out on the first day of war turns out to be incorrect. Ukrainian fighters still bomb Russian targets. Both countries fly the Sukhoi Su-25 attack fighter. The Ukrainians defend their airspace with the modernized Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters. The Russians mainly fly the more modern Su-30 multirole fighter and the Su-34 fighter-bomber. Several aircraft have been shot down. Ukrainian losses amount to ten, while the Russians have lost fifteen aircraft, including a troop transport aircraft.

MiG-29
Function: Air Defense
Operational: 467 (Russia)
37 (Ukraine)
Lost: 0 (Russia)
3 (Ukraine)

Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
Function: Attacker
Operational: 286 (Russia)
60 (Ukraine)
Lost: 7 (Russia)
5 (Ukraine)

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
Function: Air Defense
Operational: 32 (Ukraine)
Lost: 3 "

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Rusland grootste wapenleverancier van Oekraïne

 

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Finland makes massive shift towards NATO, majority now support joining
Results from Autumn 2021 found only 26% of the population supported joining NATO, but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that number has leapt to 60% support for NATO membership. The same percentage of Finns support taking a decision this year on the matter.

Tennessee becomes first state to take in young Ukrainian hospital patients
Four children and their families arrived Tuesday at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, the first U.S. hospital to take in Ukrainian patients. The children's ages range from nine months to 9 years old.

 

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NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine
NATO says that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or are missing in Ukraine, said a senior military official from the alliance.

As many as 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, NATO says; US accuses Russia of war crimes: Live updates

Putin ally warns of nuclear dystopia due to United States

 

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Poland orders expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying

US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

Putin's eldest daughter's marriage dissolves, along with hospital owning ambitions

UN to again 'demand' Russia 'immediately' end war in Ukraine

As many as 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, NATO says; US accuses Russia of war crimes: Live updates

 

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"We should have known something is coming" – German politician warns on Putin | DW News

Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic relations says Europe faces a “watershed moment” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a special interview, Michael Link says Vladimir Putin has created an “increasingly paranoid dictatorial structure… more and more directed to one person.” He says the West missed warning signs going back at least to 2007. And he sets out the urgency of Europe paying more for its own defense – and the US shoring up its democracy.

 

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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1506756373601730565?t=IYDQQJISK3rY_veEhoc1ZA&s=19
️The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it was informed by Ukraine that a forest near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was on fire.

Jack Detsch @JackDetsch 28m
BREAKING: The UK Government will provide 6,000 new defensive missiles to Ukraine & over $30m in military aid, per a statement. This more than doubles defensive lethal aid provided by UK to Ukraine to over 10,000 missiles. UK also working to provide longer-range targeting & intel

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/ukr...6PVdwUL82uqQ-v8enTNcW8WxQw#Echobox=1648017740
‘We want them to go to the Stone Age’: Ukrainian coders are splitting their time between work and cyber warfare

 

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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent
Plea for help from Ukrainian family I met on holiday

NATO reinforces its eastern flank as it braces against threat of Russian chemical attacks

The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent
Ukraine's military: Eleven aerial targets of the Russian air force destroyed on March 23. According to the Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seven airplanes, two cruise missiles, a helicopter, and a UAV were destroyed.

Doctor details daring rescue of Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall from Ukraine
More details on how Fox News war correspondent, Benjamin Hall, was rescued by "Save our Allies" organization after he was critically injured in Ukraine, and taken to Poland and then Germany.

Ukraine war: Ukrainian fightback gains ground west of Kyiv

Who is Russia's top field commander in Ukraine? The US isn't sure.
Without a top, theater-wide commander on the ground in or near Ukraine, units from different Russian military districts operating in different parts of Ukraine appear to be competing for resources rather than coordinating their efforts, according to two US defense officials.

Units participating in different Russian offensives across Ukraine have failed to connect, these sources say, and in fact, appear to be acting independently with no overarching operational design.

Video: Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals